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Charter Schools don’t always work

   July 30, 2011

Orlando Sentinel reports that charter schools, which account for only a fraction of the state’s public schools, received half of all the F’s when the state handed out its annual letter grades two weeks ago. Of all the failing grades given to public schools, 15 of 31 went to charters.

One of those failing schools is A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence – an inner city school that just completed its first year. Beulah Academy of Science, Pensacola Beach Charter and Byrneville Elementary received A’s. Jacqueline Harris didn’t receive a grade

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